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Hypothetical Research on Pressure Ulcer (PU) in a Hospital Setting.

PUs (i.e. bed sores) are infections for patients that typically have longer length of stays at hospitals and long-term care facilities. Due to the long length of patients stays in hospitals, (i.e. 2-4 weeks), Medicare insurance may not reimburse for ulcers that occur during such episode of stay and will potentially require medical evaluation.The development […]

The Book Report on Transformation Leadership by James MacGregor Burns (2004)

The book I have chosen is from James MacGregor Burns (2004), titled Transformational Leadership. As the book described, leadership is a moral undertaking that is of greatest tasks and that responds to the wide varieties of people for freedom, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.                                                                                                                 Burns study of transforming leadership is […]

The Crisis and Risk Communication Strategies in Tackling Issues of Disasters

Throughout crises, information can be both vital and incomplete. Misplaced information could be vital, but because of the very flora of crises, it is often problematic to get and transmit information (Veil & Husted, 2012). Communication within and amongst establishments and communities, and between organizations and the public scopes can break down or become twisted. […]

Organizational Management in Public Health

My organization consisted of management in one side and the lower employees on the other side. That clearly brings about organizational problems that usually lead to underproduction and deficiencies on aspect of employee engagement.  Many top talent employees are leaving our organization and seeking employment in other organizations whereby employee of all levels are giving […]

The book of James MacGregor Burns—–Assessing Leadership Models

             The book of James MacGregor Burns (2004), titled Transformational Leadership talked about the idea that effective leaders don’t always call for good leadership— They are expected to be great leaders.  In many aspects, accomplishing some changes of the world that will change people and solve their needs is the best attribute of great leaders. […]

Organization for Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, or Positive Personal Regard

            The issue of top talent employees leaving an organization can be explained through an idea, proposed by Leigh Branham. In the article of Lawler, et al (2008), Leigh Branham, the CEO of human resources consultancy –Keeping the People (KP), proposed the only most effective approach in which employees of Sambian can feel free to […]

Obesity in United States

Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. There are underlying chronic diseases associated with obesity. Obesity can be connected to increased threat for factors such as, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, arthritis-related disability, and some forms of cancers (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). There is […]

Health as Means of Social Justice and the role of social supports in Health Information

The idea of social justice in relation to market justice is how fair distribution of society in terms of benefits, responsibilities and their consequences are allocated.  While considerable effort has been made to include more social, economic, and cultural perspectives, efforts to frame these issues became political phenomena, which have tended to be polarized. This […]

Healthcare Ethics and Patient Confidentiality

The need to exert influence to safeguard the health of populations and, to avoid abuses of such power are at the heart of public health ethics (Thomas, Sage, Dillenberg & Guillorv, 2002).  More than any other industry, issues that deal with patients and their welfare are of utmost importance in the healthcare industry. This is […]

Can We Learn from Cuba Healthcare System?

when looking at the U.S. healthcare system, we can see some factors shaping the strength of a single unchallenged status. Among them and as a consequence of an imperfect market for healthcare is the entry limits that prevent the number of providers who can run-through in a particular area (Altman, Reinherdt & Shields, 1998).  These […]

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